Thursday, November 01, 2007

November Is For . . .

Thirty days hath November . . .

-Proverbial

Rebecca tells me that November is for sweaters. And I think she's a smart woman. And even if I'm in no mood to start a new sweater, my Denim Aran is crying out pitifully for attention. And I like that sweater. It's full of fun cabley goodness. And I really want to wear it.

But it's the little projects that are captivating me now. Can you really stand yet another fair isle (or, more accurately, stranded colorwork) in-progress photos? Because they'll be coming . . . all month long . . .

I think my compromise to this whole problem is to knit a multi-colored sweater in November. The Ladybug Sweater (visible progress demonstrated here) is a baby sweater, true (well, I'm making the 24 mo size, so not SO baby). But it's stranded in fingering weight yarn on US2s. I'm pretty sure there are at least 50,000 stitches in this, at 219 stitches per row. If I can do this NaKniSweMo and the UFO Resurrection at the same time, well, I'll be golden.

On top of which I am seriously thinking of NaBloPoMo. Today is day 1, after all.

And A Contest

In other exciting news, November is my blogiversary month. I did absolutely nothing last year to mark the occasion, so this year I'm determined to have a good time. Starting today. Tell me what November is for, and you could win some sock yarn. Contest ends Sunday November 4th at midnight Pacific Standard Time (although, if you get confused by the time change, I'll probably be lenient . . .)

35 Comments:

I did briefly consider NaBloPoMo, but I really like my breaks (Thanksgiving in particular). ;-) Congrats on 2 years of blogging (or is it more?). November is for giving thanks for all our blessings AND for sharing our blessings with those who need our help.

For me, November is about giving thanks. My husband, my father and my daughter were all born in November and, coupled with Turkey Day, it becomes a very festive month with a lot to be thankful for. Winning some yarn would make it even better!Congrats on your blogiversary!

November is for spending time with my family. One of our favorite times of year is all getting together in Independence for Thanksgiving. I am blessed with a family that gets along and loves each other.

Hmm, well the whole year up until November 1st, November is for Birthday's (yay me!) Once my birthday passes, November is for pumpkins. . . . decorating with pumpkins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin seeds YUM!

November is for the start of EGGNOG season, and the building anticipation of Christmas, and time with the family. I like my family time with my husband, both of us curled up on the couch in our favorite afghan (the one my mom crocheted for me), drinking nog and reading our favorite books. That's what November is for.

November is for family and finishing projects that are supposed to be gifts for Christmas! Oh and in my house it's for decorating for Christmas (because we have way to many decorations and it takes tons of time to get it all done, which means we skip decorating for Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas.)

November is for preparations and anticipation of Christmas. We celebrate Thanksgiving at the height of the harvest (early October). As a result, we look forward to Christmas. Shopping, perhaps some knitting, (although I stopped the Stressmas knitting a few years ago)and just general excitement. Perhaps even some baking!

Well if you're a store, Nov is for breaking out ALL the Christmas stuff (including the music) and reminding people xmas is only X number of days away!!

But for me, xmas is the start of holidays and birthdays!! And also time to get together with friends and family. My roomie and I started a t-giving potluck which was mostly for when we were in school and couldn't go home for the holidays. But now its one of the few times we see people before they get super busy. And of course t-giving with the fam!

November is for writing essays and completing homework assignments, usually at the last minute although I'd like to be better about that this year. It's also for knitting hats and mittens - we got our first real snow here today (the first one that stuck for more than a few hours), and even though I have warm things to wear the wintery weather has gotten me in the mood for knitting more of them.

Happy Blogiversary! November is for cooking big meals with family and enjoying them together. November is for turning on the heat and smelling the dust burning off the heater and being reminded of the same time last year when you turned on the heat. November is for preparing for Christmas and compiling the Christmas list, belaboring over what special gift to give each special person in your life. November is for settling in, awaiting the winter, with warm socks, warm blankets, and cozy sweaters. November is for snuggling and weekends of staying in, watching movies, and drinking hot cocoa or hot cider.

November is for giving up guilt. As in saying "sure I'll have a second piece of pie, it's the holidays!" and not feeling guilty about it. Also, taking time off to relax and think about family without feeling guilty.